Pocketbook protector



M. J. PALMER.

POCKETBOOK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1921.

1,423,539, Patented July 25, 1922,

MARTIN J. PALMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLENQIS.

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Application filed September 3, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, llilAnriN J. PALMER, a subject of the King; of Sweden, and a resident of Chicago, county o1. Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Pocketbook Protector, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in protectors or guaros, but par ticularly, to a protector or protectingattachment for various types of pocket books, such as, bill-folds or bill-books, card and cigar cases. momorand'a-books. and the like, which are usually carried in the breast pockets of coats or the hip-pockets ot trou'seis. and it consists in certain peculiari ties of the construction, novel arrangement and combination of the various parts there of, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a protector or guard tor pOCvIQt books and the like, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and eflicient in operation, with its parts so madeand arranged, that it can be readily attached to a pocket book without in any way inarring or disfiguring the same, and when attached, .will be so disposed thereon that the book may be easily placed in a pocket or removed therefrom without interference by the protector, but when desired, the protector can be caused. to engage the pocket in such a manner as to prevent the loss or accidental removal oi"? the book from the pocket, or its removal therefrom by a pick-pocket or thie't. yet, so that the hook owner can instantly disengage it and remove the book.

Another object is to provide auton'iatic means for releasing; the pocket engaging" member of the protector from its normal position.

other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the following description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing, which serves to illustrate an embodiment of the invention Fig. 1 is aside view of a pocket bill book shortened for the convenience of illustration and illustrating by continuous lines my protector applied thereto, with its parts in their normal positions but showing by dotted l s a ut th P sit n t p t 11* Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nly 5235,

Serial No. 498,510.

gaging arm of the protector will assume when released from its normal position.

2 is a view in elevation looking to wards the cage of the book to which the protector secured, showing the parts in their normal positions.

3 is a fragmental view of a garment with a pocket therein and illustratinii a book equipped with any attachment located in the pocket and about the position the pocket engaging arm will assume after loin; re- 1: need from its normal position and in engagement with the pocket to prevent the removal of the book.

Fig. 4 is a greatly enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a portion of that part of apocket book to which the attachement issecured, showing the attachment mounted on th book and the parts thereof in their normal positions.

Corresponding numerals of reference rel cr to like parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 7 designates a pocket book which may be of any suitable size, tormgnaterial, and 01: the ordinary or well. known construction. longitudinally mounted on and secured to one or the edges oi the book 7 is a securing plate which is designated as a whole by the numeral 8, and comprises an elongated piece of sheet metal having its end portions outwardly curved in cross-section to correspond with the cur vature of the edge 01 the book on which it is mounted. 'These end pieces of the plate are secured to the book by means of rivets 9 or in' any other suitable or well known way. Between the end portions of the se curing plate R said. plate is provided with a pair of spaced lugs l0 which are located longitudinally on the plate 8 as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. One oi the curved end portions of the securing: plate 8, that is, the upper one thereof, is provided with an outwardly extended and downwardly dis posed hook 11, which hook is by preference integral with the securing plate.

Mounted at its lower end between the lugs 10 and secured thereto by means of a pivot pin 12 is a pocket engaging arm or member 13 which is provided at its upper or free end with a knob 14: or blunt end. This arm is preferably hollow or tubular in form and. has its portion adjacent the book 7 provided with a longitudinally extended slot 15 for the reception of the free end of the hook 11 which is adapted to enter said slot at the upper end thereof. At a suitable distance below the upper end of the slot 15 that surface of the arm 13 adjacent the book 7 is provided with a transversely disposed shoulder 16 to act as a stop for a sleeve 17 which is slidably mounted on the arm 13 for engagement with the free end of the hook 11 as'shown in Figs. 1 and -l of the drawing, so as to hold the arm 13 in its normal or folded position. Located within the lower portion of the cavity of the arm 13 and coiled. around the pivot 12 of said arm is a spring 18 one end of which extends through the s] 15 of the arm and rests against the securing plate 8 while the other end of said spring rests against the wall of the arm 18 at a point above its pivot. By this arrangement it is obvious that by placing the arm in the position shown by continuous lines in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawing, where it may be held. by sliding the sleeve 17 upwardly on the arm until it engages the hook 11, that the sprinp 19 will be under tension. When the parts are in the position just above described, it is manifest that the pocket book carrying the attachment can be readily inserted in a pocket or removed therefrom without interference by the attachment. In order to guard against the accidental. removal of the book, or against its removal by a pick-pocket or thief, it is only necessary to press the upper end of the arm 13 towards the book, which will permit the sleeve 17 to be disengaged from the hook 11 and descend until it rests on the shoulder or stop 16 of the arm, when it is evident that the spring 18 will cause the arm 13 to assume about the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, thereby causing the upper end of the arm 13 to engage the lining or wall 19 of the pocket in about the manner shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. VVhenthe arm is thus positioned, it is quite obvious that the pocket book cannot be removed from the pocket without restoring the arm 18 to its normal position, or at least without disengaging the upper end of the arm 13 from the cloth of the pocket.

in Fig. 3 the reference numeral 20 designates a portion of the garment on which the pocket 19 is formed, which pocket may be of the ordinary or well known construction.

To dis-engage the arm 13 from the pocket 19, it is obvious that by insertingthe hand into the pocket at the open end of the latter, the sleeve 17 may be reached by one of the fingers of said hand, when, by tilting the arm 13 from its inclined position towards the pocket book. it is apparent that the sleeve can be slid upwardly on the arm and thus CZUISCtl to engage the hook 11 and thus hold the arm in its normal position, when of course the book can be removed from the pocket without interference by the attachinent.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i. fix protector for pocket books and the like comprising an elongated plate ada iited to be secured to a book longitudinally thereon.. aid plate having" at one of its ends a hook, an arm pivoted at one of its ends to the said plate below the hook thereon and having in its surface adjacent the book a longitudinally disposed slot for the reception of said hook. and a-sleeve slidably mounted on the arm and adapted for on gagement with the hook.

2. A, protector for pocket books and the like comprising an elongated plate flClflDllCd to be secured to a book longitudinally thereon, said plate having at one of its ends an outwardly disposed book, a spring actuated arm pivoted at one of its ends to the said plate below the hook thereon and having in its surface adjacent the hook a longitudinally disposed slot for the reception of said hook. said arm also having a stop member located at a distance from the upper end of said slot, and a sleeve slidably mounted on the arm above said stop member and adapted for engagement with the hook.

8. A protector for pocket-books and the like, consisting of an arm pivotally mounted at one of its ends on the book near one end thereof and adapted for movement in a plane with the body of the book, a hook TUOHDUFl on the book above the pivot of said arm and in the path of the travel of said arm, and. means carried by the arm for detachably engaging said hook.

1-. A. protector for pocket-books and the like, consisting of a spring-actuated arm pivotally mounted at one of its ends on the book near one end thereof and adapted for movement in a plane with the body of the book. a hook mounted. on the book above the pivot of said arm and in the path of the travel thereof, said arm having in its surface adjacent the hook a longitudinally disposed slot for the reception of the hook and also having a stop member located at a distance from the upper end of said slot, and a sleeve slidably mounted on the arm above said stop member and adapted for engagement with the hook.

MARTIN J. PALMER. 

